Poe's Poems
...ling in lines fifty-seven through sixty-two. The fourth stanza deals with iron bells. This part of the poem is dark and dreary, giving the reader a vision of death or a funeral. Onomatopoeia is not the only literary term used in the piece. There is use of alliteration, internal rhyme, and assonance as well. An excellent use of alliteration is written in line thirty-eight where he writes, “What a tale of terror, now their turbulency tells!” when describing the harsh brazen bells. Internal rhyme is greatly exemplified in line twenty when he writes, “From the molten-golden notes” as if giving a mental picture of how they looked and sounded. In lines eighty-eight through ninety, Poe wrote, “They are Ghouls, And their king it is who tolls, And he rolls, rolls, rolls” which is an example of assonance. The poem “Annabel Lee” is a love poem about a man and his wife and tells of their intense and extensive love for another and how it is all ended when she dies of an illness. The ironic part of the poem is, however, that after she has died, the husband still goes to lie by her side every night in the tomb. This poem is beautifully written with wonderful use of rhyming. Poe uses superb writing in the fifth stanza where it states, “And neither the angels in Heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul, Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.” This poem does not contain onomatopoeia as “The Bells” does, but contains a large amount of rhyming such as internal rhyme. Internal rhyme is demonstrated in the last stanza when he writes, “For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams, of the beautiful Annabel Lee.” “The Raven” is about a weary man and a suspenseful bird. The man hears a tapping at his window and discovers the raven. The raven is a little suspicious due to the fact that the only word he knows how to say is “Nevermore.” The man begins to ask the raven many questions and each time receives the answer of “Nevermore.” It seems unusual, however, that the ma...